pounder, flat carved wood; ovoid flat surface has small knob at one end; handle with carved bird’s head finial center of handle and outer rim of pounding surface decorated with repeated series of lozenge shaped
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)